Separator.



No. 774,519. PATENTED NGV. 8, 1904. A. J. GRBBNAWAY.

SBPARATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. 1903. RBNEWED AUG.12, 1904.

NO MODEL Z 5% c-hwenroz UNITED r STATES Patented November 8, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

ARTHUR J. GREENAVVAY,V OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR VTO THE GREENAWAYCOMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

SEPARATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,519, dated November8, 1904. Application filed May Z3, 1903. Renewed August 12, 1904. SerialNo. 220,463. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. GREENAWAY, of the city of Detroit, in thecounty of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certainImprovements in Steam and Water Separators, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in a steam and waterseparator adapted for insertion in a horizontally-placed steampipeleading to a steam-engine or any other apparatus where dry steam isrequired.

In the description of the said invention which follows reference is madeto the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which-Figure l is a vertical section of the improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is asection of Fig. 1, taken on the dotted line A A. Fig. 3 is a section ofFig. l, taken on the dotted lines B B.

Referring now to the drawings, l is the shell of the separator', whichis preferably of cylindrical form, and 2 and 3 are respectively theentry and delivery nozzle, to which the sections of the main steam-pipeA are connected.

The nozzles 2 and 3, which are in alinement, are situated near the topof the shell l, and within the shell are the inclined baffle-plates 7and 9, the approaching ends or edges of which overlap each other, butare separated to establish a passage for steam of a sufficient size.Below the bafle-plates is a grating l0, the slats a of which are in aninclined position, as shown in Fig. l.

Near the bottom of the shell l is an ordinary glass water-gage 13, bywhich the height of water collecting' in the shell may be ascertained,and such water is carried o through the drain-pipe 14C, which isprovided with a cock or globe-valve. (Not shown.)

It will be seen that the entire apparatus, eX- clusive of thesteam-pipes, is cast as a single piece, and with the exception of facingthe flanges ofthe nozzles and drilling and tapping the holes forattaching the water-gage and the drain-pipe no tting up is required toput the apparatus in a condition for use.

Steam entering the shell is deflected by the baille-plate 7 to thegrating l0, and the impact causes globules of water held in suspensionin the steam to unite and pass down between the slats of the grating tothe bottom of the shell. The steam after striking the grating has topass over the edge of the baiiieplate 9 before reaching thedelivery-nozzle 3, and globules of water not thrown down in the impactof the steam with the grating as described will follow the inclinedsurface of the baffle-plate to the inner surface of the shell.

The apparatus is found by actual use to be a cheap, simple, andeffective means for intercepting and collecting water held in suspensionin steam while the same is passing through a horizontal steam-pipe.

I claim as my invention- In a steam and water separator, a verticalshell having an entry and a delivery nozzle near its upper end and inhorizontal alinement, two separated inclined baffle-plates the edges ofwhich overlap, arranged across the said nozzles, and a grating whichconsists of a system of separated inclined slats, situated below thesaid baffle-plates, substantially as specified.

HELENA L. HILL, LOTTIE CANFIELD.

